Bredesen asks next Nashville mayor to put education first

10:47 PM,
Mar. 4, 2014

Phil Bredesen was Nashville mayor from 1991 to 1995.

Written by

Brian Wilson
| brwilson@tennessean.com

The Nashville mayor's race may be more than a year away, but former Tennessee governor and Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen already has some ideas of what the eventual election winner should take on once in office.

In front of dozens at a session of Lipscomb University's "Now That You Ask ?" series on Tuesday evening, Bredesen told longtime political consultant Tom Ingram that whoever wins the 2015 election must put education first in Nashville.

"It's just got to go up a couple of notches to keep with this rate of growth in the city," the former governor said. "There are some real bright spots in this ...